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Free Grade 3 quizzes for Working with Introducing Absolute Value Common Errors: 12 real questions with a full answer key and worked solutions. Integers include negative numbers. On a number line, adding moves right and subtracting moves left. Subtracting a negative is the same as adding.
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How Working with Introducing Absolute Value Common Errors works
Integers include negative numbers. On a number line, adding moves right and subtracting moves left. Subtracting a negative is the same as adding.
12 practice questions
Easy to hard, 24 marks in total. Try them first, then open the answers.
- 1.0 − 5 = ?[1]
- 2.1 + 10 = ?[1]
- 3.9 + (-4) = ?[1]
- 4.2 + 5 = ?[1]
- 5.-15 × 11 = ?[2]
- 6.18 + 19 = ?[2]
- 7.-8 − 14 = ?[2]
- 8.10 × 2 = ?[2]
- 9.-1 − 5 = ?[3]
- 10.21 + 17 = ?[3]
- 11.-15 − (-18) = ?[3]
- 12.24 × 14 = ?[3]
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1. -5
Subtracting 5 is the same as adding -5. 0 + (-5) = -5
2. 11
Start at 1 on a number line. Move 10 right. You land on 11.
3. 5
Start at 9 on a number line. Move 4 left. You land on 5.
4. 7
Start at 2 on a number line. Move 5 right. You land on 7.
5. -165
Multiply the sizes: 15 × 11 = 165. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: -165
6. 37
Start at 18 on a number line. Move 19 right. You land on 37.
7. -22
Subtracting 14 is the same as adding -14. -8 + (-14) = -22
8. 20
Multiply the sizes: 10 × 2 = 20. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: 20
9. -6
Subtracting 5 is the same as adding -5. -1 + (-5) = -6
10. 38
Start at 21 on a number line. Move 17 right. You land on 38.
11. 3
Subtracting (-18) is the same as adding 18. -15 + 18 = 3
12. 336
Multiply the sizes: 24 × 14 = 336. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: 336
Worked examples
-7 − (-3) = ?
- Subtracting (-3) is the same as adding 3.
- -7 + 3 = -4
- Answer: -4
11 × (-20) = ?
- Multiply the sizes: 11 × 20 = 220.
- Same signs give positive, different signs give negative.
- Answer: -220
- Answer: -220
-29 − (-6) = ?
- Subtracting (-6) is the same as adding 6.
- -29 + 6 = -23
- Answer: -23
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Common mistakes
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Thinks −8 is bigger than −3.
Correction: Further left on the number line means smaller.
Treats − (−4) as −4.
Correction: Two minus signs together become a plus.
Teacher tips
- · Use a vertical number line like a thermometer.
Parent tips
- · Compare winter temperatures from the weather forecast.
Real-life applications
- · Temperatures below zero, bank balances, floors below ground.
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